Sustainable products & process cases 2007

On 29 June 2007 Mr. Wen Jia Bao, Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China visited DSM Citric Acid (Wuxi) Limited in recognition of its outstanding safety, health and environmental (SHE) performance.

Mr. Wen Jia Bao was accompanied by Mr. Li Yuan Chao, Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province and Mr. Lian Bao Hua, Governor of Jiangsu Province. The officials were deeply impressed by DSM's sustainable way of development. Premier Wen Jia Bao expressed his thanks to DSM for its contribution to the local society and environment and recognized the company as a ‘Good Citizen’. 

Jiang Wei Ming, President of DSM China and Ms. Zhu Lin Ying, General Manager of DSM Citrix Acid (Wuxi) Limited, guided the commission on a tour of the plant and in particular the company’s environmental facilities. They saw the online emission monitoring system set up jointly with the local Wuxi government. This system is an example of good co-operation in environmental protection between the government and the company. Since 1998, a total amount of RMB 47.4 million has been invested in the company's environmental protection projects.

• 26 Million RMB, upgrade and renovate WWTP to increase treatment capacity in 1998;
• 3 Million RMB, install noise protection system in work place to reduce noise level in 2002;
• 400,000 RMB, install odor cleaner to solve odor problem in 2003;
• 7 Million RMB, install Electrostatic Precipitator system to extremely reduce dust discharge in 2003;
• 4 Million RMB, install De-sulphulization and on line trace instrument to remove SO2 in 2005;
• 4 Million RMB, optimize biogass utilizing system and become waste into energy in 2005;
• 3 Million RMB, renovate Generator Recycle Cooling Water System to save water in 2006

“DSM regards sustainable development as our responsibility. With the commitment of all our staff and close co-operation with the local Wuxi government, we strictly comply with local law and regulations and are confident in maintaining and improving our outstanding SHE performance. Working in accordance with local and DSM standards enables us to manufacture high quality products in a safe, traceable and reliable manner”, said Ms. Zhu Lin Ying.

At the Wuxi site DSM produces citric acid, an ingredient widely used in the food and beverage industry. DSM places high priority on providing its customers with first quality ingredients, with guaranteed traceability and reliability about the sourcing and manufacturing, specifications which are of increasing importance in today’s markets for nutritional ingredients.

The environmental facilities at this site encompass amongst other: a waste water treatment plant, a recycling system for cooling water and state of the art boiler flue gas treatment facilities.